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Ember

A warm accent, #E8703C, on a #1F1A19 terminal. Primary text reads at 14.27:1 and secondary text at 6.89:1, measured against that background. Free and MIT licensed, one of the 50 Dark Themes for Claude Code.

Ember

#E8703C
✻ Claude Code · ember
● Applied theme “Ember”
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Install Ember.

Requires Claude Code v2.1.118 or later. The marketplace command is needed once per machine; the plugin command installs the whole 50 Dark Themes pack, and /theme inside Claude Code switches to this one.

$ claude plugin marketplace add notgabriels-sys/claude-code-50-dark-themes
$ claude plugin install 50-dark-themes@notgabriels-themes
$ /theme ember

Plugin themes are read-only. Press Ctrl+E on one in /theme for an editable copy in ~/.claude/themes/.

Or copy just this file.

One theme, no plugin: fetch ember.json from the repository into your themes folder. If that folder did not exist when Claude Code started, restart it once.

$ mkdir -p ~/.claude/themes && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/notgabriels-sys/claude-code-50-dark-themes/main/ember.json -o ~/.claude/themes/ember.json

Terminal background: #1F1A19.

Claude Code colours its own interface; the terminal application owns the canvas behind it. Every figure below is measured against #1F1A19, so set that as the terminal background for the result the numbers describe. On a different background the ratios move.

Palette.

The thirteen overrides Claude Code reads from the theme file. Success, error, warning and diff colours are deliberately not overridden, so status meaning stays the same across every theme in the pack.

ColourTokenRole
#E8703CclaudeClaude's mark and accent
#F1A685claudeShimmerAccent highlight while Claude works
#EDE9E8textPrimary text
#AFA19DinactiveSecondary text
#332B28subtleDecorative hairlines (reserved, carries no meaning)
#E8703CsuggestionAutocomplete suggestions
#EE9873permissionPermission prompt border and indicator
#E8703CpromptBorderInput prompt border
#F1A685promptBorderShimmerPrompt border highlight
#EE9873planModePlan mode indicator
#2A2322userMessageBackgroundSurface behind your messages
#352C2BuserMessageBackgroundHoverThat surface, hovered
#E8703Crate_limit_fillUsage meter fill

Measured contrast.

Computed from the hex values above with the WCAG 2 relative-luminance formula, by the same script that gates every change to this repository. Figures are truncated, never rounded up. Each row meets its floor.

PairColoursRatioFloorStandard
text on terminal background#EDE9E8 on #1F1A1914.27:17:1WCAG AAA, normal text
text on your-message surface#EDE9E8 on #2A232212.79:17:1WCAG AAA, normal text
inactive on terminal background#AFA19D on #1F1A196.89:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
inactive on your-message surface#AFA19D on #2A23226.17:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
claude on terminal background#E8703C on #1F1A195.58:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
claudeShimmer on terminal background#F1A685 on #1F1A198.63:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
suggestion on terminal background#E8703C on #1F1A195.58:14.5:1WCAG AA, normal text
permission on terminal background#EE9873 on #1F1A197.68:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
planMode on terminal background#EE9873 on #1F1A197.68:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
promptBorder on terminal background#E8703C on #1F1A195.58:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
promptBorderShimmer on terminal background#F1A685 on #1F1A198.63:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
rate_limit_fill on terminal background#E8703C on #1F1A195.58:13:1WCAG AA, non-text
your-message surface against the terminal#2A2322 on #1F1A191.11:11.08:1visibly distinct surface
hovered surface against the resting one#352C2B on #2A23221.13:11.08:1visibly distinct surface